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Table 67.Teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by selected characteristics: 1993-94

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                      |          |       Percent of teachers, by highest degree earned       |    Percent of teachers, by years
       Selected       | Total\1\ |___________________________________________________________|  of full-time teaching experience
   characteristics    |          |   No   |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's |Education |Doctor's|_____________________________________
                      |          | degree |         |          |         |specialist|        |Less than 3| 3 to 9 |10 to 20|Over 20
______________________|__________|________|_________|__________|_________|__________|________|___________|________|________|_______
          1           |    2     |   3    |    4    |    5     |    6    |    7     |   8    |     9     |   10   |   11   |  12
______________________|__________|________|_________|__________|_________|__________|________|___________|________|________|_______
                      |                                                   Public schools                                   |
                      |____________________________________________________________________________________________________|_______
Total ................|2,561,294 |    0.6 |     0.2 |     52.0 |    42.0 |      4.6 |    0.7 |       9.7 |   25.5 |   35.0 |  29.8
  Men ................|  694,098 |    1.3 |     0.4 |     46.2 |    45.7 |      5.1 |    1.3 |       8.9 |   21.6 |   29.9 |  39.6
  Women ..............|1,867,195 |    0.3 |     0.1 |     54.1 |    40.6 |      4.4 |    0.5 |      10.0 |   26.9 |   37.0 |  26.1
                      |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Race/ethnicity        |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  White ..............|2,216,605 |    0.5 |     0.1 |     51.8 |    42.5 |      4.4 |    0.7 |       9.4 |   25.5 |   35.1 |  30.0
  Black...............|  188,371 |    0.5 |     0.2 |     48.4 |    44.6 |      5.4 |    0.9 |       8.5 |   20.8 |   35.5 |  35.2
  Hispanic............|  108,744 |    0.9 |     0.5 |     62.8 |    29.8 |      4.6 |    1.4 |      16.7 |   32.1 |   34.1 |  17.1
  Asian or Pacific    |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
    Islander .........|   27,510 |    0.9 |     0.4 |     49.3 |    34.7 |     13.1 |    1.7 |      14.9 |   29.7 |   29.2 |  26.2
  American Indian     |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
    or Alaskan .......|   20,064 |    0.8 |     0.3 |     54.9 |    39.1 |      4.3 |    0.6 |      11.3 |   27.6 |   34.5 |  26.6
                      |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Age                   |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  Less than 30 .......|  280,342 |    0.5 |     0.1 |     83.9 |    14.5 |      1.0 |    0.1 |      47.8 |   52.2 |   (\2\)|  (\2\)
  30 to 39 ...........|  573,444 |    0.5 |     0.2 |     59.4 |    36.6 |      3.0 |    0.3 |      10.5 |   48.7 |   40.8 |  (\2\)
  40 to 49 ...........|1,070,459 |    0.4 |     0.1 |     46.3 |    47.0 |      5.4 |    0.7 |       4.3 |   16.9 |   47.5 |  31.3
  50 to 59 ...........|  540,491 |    0.7 |     0.2 |     40.6 |    51.2 |      6.1 |    1.2 |       1.4 |    7.8 |   25.0 |  65.7
  60 or more .........|   96,557 |    1.5 |     0.1 |     43.1 |    46.2 |      6.6 |    2.5 |       0.8 |    4.4 |   19.9 |  74.9
                      |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Level                 |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  Elementary .........|1,331,281 |    0.2 |    (\2\)|     55.5 |    39.7 |      4.1 |    0.4 |       9.7 |   27.1 |   35.5 |  27.7
    General ..........|  938,636 |    0.3 |    (\2\)|     58.0 |    38.0 |      3.5 |    0.3 |       9.2 |   26.5 |   34.9 |  29.4
    English ..........|    2,093 |   (\2\)|    (\2\)|     46.0 |    52.3 |      1.0 |    0.8 |      12.5 |   11.2 |   17.9 |  58.4
    Mathematics ......|    3,372 |   (\2\)|    (\2\)|     74.6 |    24.4 |     (\2\)|    1.0 |      11.6 |   13.1 |   40.9 |  34.3
    Special education |  127,877 |   (\2\)|    (\2\)|     45.1 |    46.9 |      7.2 |    0.9 |      11.1 |   34.1 |   39.9 |  15.0
    Other elementary .|  259,304 |    0.3 |     0.1 |     51.3 |    42.6 |      4.9 |    0.8 |      11.1 |   25.8 |   35.6 |  27.5
  Secondary ..........|1,230,013 |    0.9 |     0.3 |     48.2 |    44.4 |      5.1 |    1.1 |       9.7 |   23.8 |   34.5 |  32.0
    English ..........|  172,603 |    0.1 |    (\2\)|     48.3 |    44.8 |      5.5 |    1.3 |       9.2 |   22.9 |   33.6 |  34.3
    Mathematics ......|  141,051 |    0.1 |    (\2\)|     50.2 |    45.5 |      3.4 |    0.8 |       9.4 |   24.3 |   31.7 |  34.5
    Science ..........|  132,179 |    0.2 |    (\2\)|     47.9 |    45.8 |      4.8 |    1.2 |       9.5 |   26.1 |   31.2 |  33.2
    Social studies ...|  130,045 |    0.1 |    (\2\)|     47.8 |    46.0 |      4.9 |    1.2 |      10.3 |   20.5 |   28.7 |  40.5
    Special education |  111,215 |    0.1 |     0.1 |     42.1 |    49.1 |      7.2 |    1.3 |       9.3 |   28.8 |   45.1 |  16.8
    Vocational/       |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
      technical ..... |  113,269 |    7.3 |     2.3 |     45.2 |    39.9 |      4.7 |    0.5 |       6.8 |   23.0 |   35.7 |  34.5
    Other secondary ..|  429,653 |    0.5 |     0.2 |     50.1 |    43.0 |      5.1 |    1.1 |      10.7 |   23.1 |   35.6 |  30.7
                      |==========|========|=========|==========|=========|==========|========|===========|========|========|=======
                      |                                                   Private schools
                      |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total ................|  378,365 |    5.2 |     1.5 |     59.0 |    29.8 |      2.9 |    1.7 |      20.9 |   33.9 |   29.6 |  15.6
  Men ................|   93,130 |    4.4 |     0.9 |     47.3 |    40.6 |      2.6 |    4.3 |      21.7 |   28.2 |   28.7 |  21.4
  Women ..............|  285,235 |    5.4 |     1.7 |     62.8 |    26.3 |      3.0 |    0.8 |      20.6 |   35.8 |   29.9 |  13.7
                      |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Race/ethnicity        |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  White ..............|  347,811 |    4.8 |     1.3 |     59.4 |    30.2 |      2.6 |    1.6 |      20.4 |   33.6 |   30.0 |  16.0
  Black...............|   11,664 |    8.3 |     3.7 |     55.8 |    26.4 |      4.8 |    1.0 |      26.9 |   34.9 |   27.9 |  10.3
  Hispanic............|   12,221 |   11.1 |     4.9 |     57.4 |    19.9 |      4.4 |    2.3 |      25.5 |   41.8 |   21.6 |  11.1
  Asian or Pacific    |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
    Islander .........|    5,167 |    6.8 |     0.9 |     46.1 |    36.8 |      5.7 |    3.6 |      26.1 |   34.6 |   26.6 |  12.7
  American Indian     |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
    or Alaskan .......|    1,502 |    3.4 |     6.0 |     49.4 |    16.1 |     25.1 |   (\2\)|      29.4 |   42.8 |   17.9 |   9.9
                      |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Age                   |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  Less than 30 .......|   65,168 |    7.7 |     1.6 |     78.8 |    10.8 |      1.0 |    0.2 |      54.9 |   44.9 |    0.1 |  (\2\)
  30 to 39 ...........|   93,999 |    5.9 |     1.2 |     63.1 |    25.7 |      2.6 |    1.4 |      21.7 |   51.2 |   27.1 |  (\2\)
  40 to 49 ...........|  131,492 |    3.9 |     1.6 |     54.0 |    35.1 |      3.4 |    2.0 |      12.6 |   29.8 |   45.5 |  12.1
  50 to 59 ...........|   65,691 |    4.0 |     1.8 |     49.7 |    38.4 |      3.5 |    2.5 |       7.4 |   15.7 |   35.7 |  41.2
  60 or more .........|   22,015 |    5.6 |     0.9 |     39.4 |    46.6 |      4.4 |    2.9 |       6.6 |    6.5 |   13.8 |  73.1
                      |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Level                 |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  Elementary .........|  221,036 |    7.0 |     1.7 |     65.9 |    21.8 |      2.8 |    0.8 |      21.9 |   36.0 |   29.0 |  13.1
    General ..........|  153,691 |    6.1 |     1.3 |     69.4 |    19.5 |      3.2 |    0.4 |      17.7 |   37.4 |   31.0 |  14.0
    Special education |    7,652 |    5.0 |     0.2 |     46.4 |    45.0 |      3.4 |    0.0 |      18.2 |   46.8 |   26.5 |   8.5
    Other elementary .|   59,692 |    9.3 |     2.9 |     59.3 |    24.7 |      1.6 |    2.0 |      33.3 |   31.2 |   24.2 |  11.3
  Secondary ..........|  157,329 |    2.6 |     1.2 |     49.2 |    41.1 |      3.0 |    2.8 |      19.5 |   30.9 |   30.4 |  19.2
    English ..........|   24,335 |    1.6 |    (\2\)|     51.3 |    43.1 |      1.5 |    2.5 |      16.3 |   30.8 |   31.3 |  21.7
    Mathematics ......|   23,238 |    1.3 |     0.9 |     50.1 |    42.6 |      3.0 |    2.2 |      14.7 |   31.1 |   29.3 |  24.8
    Science ..........|   18,399 |    0.1 |    (\2\)|     49.5 |    42.3 |      4.2 |    4.0 |      21.3 |   27.7 |   31.2 |  19.9
    Social studies ...|   20,059 |    0.2 |     0.4 |     53.5 |    38.7 |      4.1 |    3.1 |      21.0 |   27.8 |   30.8 |  20.4
    Special education |    6,048 |    0.1 |     3.7 |     56.5 |    33.7 |      5.1 |    0.9 |      17.8 |   42.8 |   29.0 |  10.4
    Vocational/       |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
      technical ..... |    2,834 |   14.0 |     4.6 |     40.8 |    40.6 |     (\2\)|   (\2\)|      12.7 |   22.6 |   42.1 |  22.6
    Other secondary ..|   62,415 |    4.8 |     2.0 |     46.3 |    40.9 |      2.9 |    3.1 |      22.0 |   32.1 |   29.7 |  16.2
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\1\Data are based upon a sample survey and may not be strictly comparable with data reported elsewhere.

\2\Less than .05 percent.

NOTE.--Excludes prekindergarten teachers. Some data revised from previously published figures. Details may not add to totals because of survey item nonresponse and rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared June 1997.)



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